US public radio personality Scott Simon has been live-tweeting from the deathbed of his 84-year-old mother for several days now -- and in the process, challenging a great American taboo. Conventional wisdom in the United States holds that process of dying is an intensely private affair, not for public view, but Simon chose to freely share his thoughts and emotions with his 1.26 million Twitter followers and indeed the entire world. In bursts of 140 characters ...Saturday, 3 August 2013
Is Dying a Private Affair?
US public radio personality Scott Simon has been live-tweeting from the deathbed of his 84-year-old mother for several days now -- and in the process, challenging a great American taboo. Conventional wisdom in the United States holds that process of dying is an intensely private affair, not for public view, but Simon chose to freely share his thoughts and emotions with his 1.26 million Twitter followers and indeed the entire world. In bursts of 140 characters ...
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